I racked by Scottish Ale to secondary and it only came up to the 4 gal line on my ale pail. I doubt i lost a gallon to evaporation while boiling, and I was careful enough when measuring the water that theres no way i forgot an entire gallon of water. I filter the water then pour it to a corresponding line on my pot that I established (and clearly marked) in the past as the correct waterline. I know the lines on the ale pails are not exact but i shouldn't be this far off, and i haven't been drinking enough to misread the scale on the ale pail (yet). This should result in a heavier, stronger beer right?

But apparently i've been drinking enough to type bear instead of beer in the title ><

Do you want to end up with more beer? Don't bother with a secondary. Hang out on HBT a while and you will see most of us just leave it in the primary for three or four weeks. Every time you transfer beer you loose some. Just be lazy like the rest of us.

You really need to make sure to leave a bottle capful of wort for them, as tribute. You do that and they will keep the beergnomes at bay.

If you don't, THIS is what ends up hanging out in your beer closet.

__________________

Like my snazzy new avatar? Get Sons of Zymurgy swag, here, and brew with the best.

Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman

I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew

They might be good gnomes--the one time I had a bear in my primary, he drank all my beer.

I always lose a bit to trub, but a gallon is too much. Did you have a lot of blowoff? I'm inclined to think one of the measurements was off (the ale pail markings aren't always exactly accurate, either).

I racked by Scottish Ale to secondary and it only came up to the 4 gal line on my ale pail. I doubt i lost a gallon to evaporation while boiling, and I was careful enough when measuring the water that theres no way i forgot an entire gallon of water. I filter the water then pour it to a corresponding line on my pot that I established (and clearly marked) in the past as the correct waterline. I know the lines on the ale pails are not exact but i shouldn't be this far off, and i haven't been drinking enough to misread the scale on the ale pail (yet). This should result in a heavier, stronger beer right?

But apparently i've been drinking enough to type bear instead of beer in the title ><